Video: Photoshop CS5 New Features: Welcome

(Music playing.) Hi, I'm Jan Kabili. Welcome to Photoshop CS5 New Features. From significant enhancements to High Dynamic Range photo processing, to the new Puppet Warp mode for distorting objects, to new brushes that will help you turn a photograph into a painting, there is something for everyone in this new release of Photoshop. In this course, I'll show you how to use the new Content-Aware Fill to magically replace a background area with surrounding detail.

In Photoshop CS5 New Features, author Jan Kabili introduces new features and productivity enhancements that include reshaping images with Puppet Warp, turning photographs into paintings, and Content-Aware Fill options. The course examines CS5 enhancements to existing features include significant improvements to High Dynamic Range (HDR) photo processing, selection and mask edge refinement, and lens-related photo corrections. A brief overview of companion applications, Adobe Bridge CS5 and Adobe Camera Raw 6, is included. Exercise files are included with the course.

Topics include:

Performing Content-Aware Fill and spot healing

Painting realistic brush strokes with bristle brush tips

Blending paint with canvas colors with the Mixer Brush tool

Selecting hair and other soft edges with fine detail or edges with sharp contrast

Welcome

(Music playing.)Hi, I'm Jan Kabili. Welcome to Photoshop CS5 New Features.From significant enhancements to High Dynamic Range photo processing,to the new Puppet Warp mode for distorting objects,to new brushes that will help you turn a photograph into a painting, there is something for everyone in this new release of Photoshop.In this course, I'll show you how to use the new Content-Aware Fill to magically replace a background area with surrounding detail.

And improvements to take Noise Reduction to a serious professional level.I'll dig into the new Mini Bridge, which brings many of the best functions of Adobe Bridge right to your Photoshopinterface. So let's get started with Photoshop CS5 New Features!

Learn by watching, listening, and doing, Exercise files are the same files the author uses in the course, so you can download them and follow along Premium memberships include access to all exercise files in the library.

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